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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Wilmington, Delaware</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Bayard</a> 1832-34 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williamson.html#246.45.01">Nicholas G. Williamson</a> 1834-43 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson2.html#325.19.56">David C. Wilson</a> 1843-45 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#377.97.09">Alexander Porter</a> 1845-48 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#065.92.01">William Huffington</a> 1848-50 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#850.90.79">Joshua E. Driver</a> 1850-51 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans2.html#225.14.35">Columbus P. Evans</a> 1851-52 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones9.html#381.41.23">William Hemphill Jones</a> 1852-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albritton-aldous.html#018.84.53">John A. Alderdice</a> 1853-54 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heyburn-hickerson.html#035.20.46">James F. Heyward</a> 1854-55 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wiggins.html#994.22.25">William B. Wiggins</a> 1855-56 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#065.92.01">William Huffington</a> 1856-57 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparks.html#938.46.47">George W. Sparks</a> 1857-58 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young8.html#126.74.38">Thomas Young</a> 1858-60 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmour-givhan.html#952.15.82">Vincent C. Gilpin</a> 1860-63 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turner5.html#793.48.36">John M. Turner</a> 1863-65 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marianetti-markowitz.html#985.43.82">Joshua Maris</a> 1865-67 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valentine.html#810.74.18">Joshua S. Valentine</a> 1867-72 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simms-simonetti.html#975.69.59">Joshua L. Simms</a> 1872-75 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehurst-whiticar.html#456.72.66">William G. Whiteley</a> 1875-78 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#665.36.71">John P. Allmond</a> 1878-82 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waldrop-waling.html#029.35.06">John P. Wales</a> 1882-85 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynoldson-rhoads.html#805.99.93">Calvin B. Rhoads</a> 1885-91 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wiley.html#192.71.76">Sandsbury J. Wiley</a> 1891-93 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#218.52.67">E. G. Shortridge</a> 1893-94 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#854.30.44">Charles R. Jefferies</a> 1895 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#254.62.33">John C. Fahey</a> 1899 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fisher.html#425.59.95">George M. Fisher</a> 1903 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#001.35.25">Charles D. Bird</a> 1903 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson4.html#223.87.19">Horace Wilson</a> 1905-07 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howell.html#489.67.03">Harrison W. Howell</a> 1911-15 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laws-lawyer.html#840.10.16">John W. Lawson</a> as of 1919 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#878.22.41">William G. Taylor</a> as of 1919 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparks.html#864.50.55">Frank C. Sparks</a> 1931-33 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#298.33.57">William Speer</a> 1933-35 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacon.html#415.09.34">Walter W. Bacon</a> 1935-40 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/james.html#733.80.46">Albert W. James</a> as of 1941-44 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson5.html#674.22.00">Joseph S. Wilson</a> 1947-49 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#841.26.00">James F. Hearn</a> 1949-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#225.23.29">August Walz</a> as of 1954-55 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#567.45.47">Eugene Lammot</a> 1957-60 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baber-bacchus.html#691.66.02">John E. Babiarz</a> 1961-69 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maloney.html#586.59.68">Thomas C. Maloney</a> as of 1973-77 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker5.html#292.24.49">James M. Baker</a> 2001-13 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#050.48.78">Dennis P. Williams</a> 2013-17 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/purchio-puthuff.html#237.29.87">Mike Purzycki</a> 2017- Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!) <li> 1872: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simms-simonetti.html#975.69.59">Joshua L. Simms</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dougherty.html#952.40.24">Edward J. Dougherty</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1875: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitehurst-whiticar.html#456.72.66">William G. Whiteley</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valentine.html#810.74.18">Joshua S. Valentine</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1878 Sep 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#665.36.71">John P. Allmond</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gallagher.html#278.04.65">Charles H. Gallagher</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy9.html#328.48.70">William A. Murphy</a> (Greenback), defeated. <li> 1882 Jun 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waldrop-waling.html#029.35.06">John P. Wales</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carpenter-carper.html#351.06.32">Joseph L. Carpenter</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1885 Jun 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynoldson-rhoads.html#805.99.93">Calvin B. Rhoads</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrad.html#768.99.58">Henry C. Conrad</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1893 Jun 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#218.52.67">E. G. Shortridge</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norton.html#592.16.26">William B. Norton</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1895 Jun 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#854.30.44">Charles R. Jefferies</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#927.31.38">Jacob H. Lewis</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1899 Jun 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#254.62.33">John C. Fahey</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#440.92.96">George W. Bush</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1903 Jun 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#001.35.25">Charles D. Bird</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 1905 Jun 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson4.html#223.87.19">Horace Wilson</a> (Rep), elected. <li> 1913 Jun 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howell.html#489.67.03">Harrison W. Howell</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spriggs-springweiler.html#056.65.89">Willard Springer</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis I. du Pont</a> (Progressive), defeated. <li> 1931 Jun 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparks.html#864.50.55">Frank C. Sparks</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duane-dudkin.html#560.93.46">Howard Duane</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1933 Jun 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#298.33.57">William Speer</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparks.html#864.50.55">Frank C. Sparks</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1935 Jun 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacon.html#415.09.34">Walter W. Bacon</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#298.33.57">William Speer</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1937 Jun 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bacon.html#415.09.34">Walter W. Bacon</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#382.45.69">Albert W. Bird</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1943 Jun 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/james.html#733.80.46">Albert W. James</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/george.html#166.57.12">Henry George III</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1949 Jun 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#841.26.00">James F. Hearn</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traxler-treichler.html#308.34.68">Philip A. Traynor</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1951 Jun 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heaney-heartwell.html#841.26.00">James F. Hearn</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornwell-thurlow.html#470.83.47">George Gray Thouron</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1956 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#567.45.47">Eugene Lammot</a>, elected. <li> 1964 Aug 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baber-bacchus.html#691.66.02">John E. Babiarz</a> (Dem), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#567.45.47">Eugene Lammot</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1964 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baber-bacchus.html#691.66.02">John E. Babiarz</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 1996 Sep 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#788.62.28">James H. Sills, Jr.</a> (Dem), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walsh.html#413.58.78">Loretta Walsh</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/popiel-porteous.html#111.66.12">Robert F. Poppiti</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#802.60.98">Brenda C. Phillips</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1996 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#788.62.28">James H. Sills, Jr.</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmermann-zywicki.html#889.18.62">Bradley J. Zuber</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 2012 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#050.48.78">Dennis P. Williams</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 2016 Sep 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/purchio-puthuff.html#237.29.87">Mike Purzycki</a> (Dem), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#050.48.78">Dennis P. Williams</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 2016 Nov 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/purchio-puthuff.html#237.29.87">Mike Purzycki</a> (Dem), elected. <li> 2024 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carney.html#408.27.89">John C. Carney</a> (Dem), elected unopposed. <a name=2><hr></a> Postmasters at Wilmington, 1776-1974 (may be incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brookshire-brough.html#255.42.01">Jacob Broom</a> 1776-92 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#383.37.57">John Webster</a> 1792-94 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan-bucciarelli.html#345.76.91">Samuel Brynes</a> 1794-96 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wellstone-wenstrom.html#343.66.93">Enoch Welsh</a> 1796-98 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmour-givhan.html#079.65.38">Edward Gilpin</a> 1798-1802 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bright-britten.html#460.12.10">Joseph Bringhurst</a> 1802-20 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williamson.html#246.45.01">Nicholas G. Williamson</a> 1820-41 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#762.15.58">Jacob Alrichs</a> 1841-43 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williamson.html#246.45.01">Nicholas G. Williamson</a> 1843 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seldenright-semrow.html#967.10.64">William R. Sellars</a> 1843-49 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/naar-nary.html#641.47.24">Henry H. J. Naff</a> 1849-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccloskey-mcclung.html#634.83.50">John McClung</a> 1853-56 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#020.43.08">Henry F. Askew</a> 1856-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grimke-grissom.html#208.36.61">Arthur H. Grimshaw</a> 1861-66 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnhardt-barratt.html#842.93.76">Joseph M. Barr</a> 1866-69 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#700.59.43">James Lewis</a> 1869-74 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/putney-pyscher.html#075.99.02">William M. Pyle</a> 1874-82 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#336.41.70">William Y. Swiggett</a> 1882-86 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor7.html#588.15.72">Robert H. Taylor</a> 1886-90 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart2.html#779.22.55">Daniel F. Stewart</a> 1890-94 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore3.html#264.17.54">Enoch Moore</a> 1894-98 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brownback-browner.html#131.12.29">Hugh C. Browne</a> 1898-1901 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/headden-healey.html#285.72.71">William H. Heald</a> 1901-06 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrad.html#768.99.58">Henry C. Conrad</a> 1906-09 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#181.25.12">M. Howard Jester</a> 1909-13 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/english.html#729.42.67">James J. English</a> 1913-23 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hicklin-hickory.html#711.93.04">LeRoy W. Hickman</a> 1923-28 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#083.13.74">Alexander R. Abrahams</a> 1928 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#083.13.74">Alexander R. Abrahams</a> 1928-33 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caesar-caillavet.html#903.17.10">James J. Cahill</a> 1933-34 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caesar-caillavet.html#903.17.10">James J. Cahill</a> 1934-48 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html#421.39.76">William Berl, Jr.</a> 1948-50 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berl-berrien.html#421.39.76">William Berl, Jr.</a> 1950-56 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcalpin-mcbrayer.html#681.37.07">William J. McBlain</a> 1956-57 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#225.23.29">August Walz</a> 1957 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#225.23.29">August Walz</a> 1957-74 <a name=3><hr></a> Collectors of Customs at Wilmington, 1789-1909 (may be incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#853.34.23">George Bush</a> 1789-97 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#466.31.81">Arnold Naudain</a> 1841-45 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharpe.html#328.45.43">Jesse Sharpe</a> as of 1854 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crawford.html#107.52.54">T. F. Crawford</a> as of 1869 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson6.html#259.36.46">Lewis Thompson</a> 1876-81 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barlow.html#804.88.35">Henry M. Barlow</a> as of 1891 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert G. Houston</a> 1903-05 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark2.html#481.72.21">David S. Clark</a> as of 1909 <a name=4><hr></a> U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Wilmington, 1879-1951 (may be incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mchie-mcintire.html#735.18.60">James McIntire</a> as of 1879 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham4.html#037.81.89">Henry T. Graham</a> as of 1919-21 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#242.84.91">Wallace S. Handy</a> as of 1927-32 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#117.67.28">Willard F. Deputy</a> as of 1936 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larue-latchaw.html#059.95.57">James H. Latchum</a> as of 1941 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#616.22.95">Norman Collison</a> as of 1945-47 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kilguss-kim.html#983.99.99">Ernest E. Killen</a> as of 1951 </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. 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